Jill Coleman is our guest blogger for this week, below she reviews David's recent drama, United:
On the 6th February 1958 a tragedy took place that changed the whole of sporting history. A plane carrying Matt Busby and the Manchester United first team, along with some staff, friends and supporters, crashed as it made its third attempt to take off from a snowbound runway. Twenty-three of the forty-four people on board the plane died, including eight players. Yet, incredibly, up until now, no dramatisation has been made of these events and the journey that Manchester United had to make to recover from those devastating losses.
It is a huge story to tell, and one that requires a great deal of sensitivity, but this is what writer Chris Chibnall and director James Strong have managed to achieve, producing what is described by Peter Salmon, director of BBC North, ahead of this screening as “a compassionate and moving drama, a fitting tribute for the Busby Babes”. Chibnall has narrowed foc…
